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"Young Šambioa (Karajá) with ear sticks and wooden lip peg"

Caption Ehrenreich, Paul. 1891. contributions to the ethnology of Brazil. I. The Karaya tribes on the Rio Araguaya (Goyaz) II. On some peoples on the Rio Purus (Amazonas) Berlin: W. Spemann, plates II/1a and 1b: "Karaya. Men (of the fourth village of the Šambioa). 1a and 1b. Portrait of a young Šambioa with ear sticks and wooden lip peg, the widely parted hair and the clearly recognisable tribal tattooing on the cheeks."

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Karajá (Iny Karaja)
Object type
positives (photographs)
Dimensions
Height: 12,7 cm
Width: 17,7 cm
Height: 10,9 cm
Width: 8 cm
Material/Technique
mounted on cardboard
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII E 1209 a

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1888
    where
    Brazil
    Rio Araguaia
    who
    Ehrenreich, Paul - Photographers
    Karajá (Iny Karaja)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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